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Oplismenus multisetus

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Identification
Isotype of Oplismenus multisetus A.Rich. [family POACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Oplismenus burmannii (Retz.) P.Beauv. [family POACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Oplismenus multisetus
  • Oplismenus burmannii
  • Panicum multisetum

Flora

Entry for OPLISMENUS burmannii (Retz.) P. Beauv. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 451, (1982) Author: W. D. CLAYTON and S.A. RENVOIZE
Names
OPLISMENUS burmannii (Retz.) P. Beauv. [family POACEAE], Ess. Agrost.: 54, 169 (1812); F.T.A. 9: 636 (1920); Fl. Agrost. Congo Belge 2: 150 (1934); F.P.S. 3: 493 (1956); R.K.G.: 42 (1958); Ann. list Nyasaland Grasses: 49 (1958); I.G.U.: 43 (1960); G.T.: 80 (1965); Clayton in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 437 (1972). Type: India, Koenig (LD, holo.)
Panicum burmannii Retz. [family POACEAE], Obs. Bot. 3: 10 (1783)
Oplismenus multisetus A. Rich. [family POACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 377 (1851). Type: Ethiopia, Djeladjeranne, Schimper 1169 (K, iso.!)
Panicum multisetum (A. Rich.) Steud. [family POACEAE], Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 46 (1854)
Information
Annual with prostrate or trailing culms 10–60 cm. long. Leaf-blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1–9 cm. long, 5–20 mm. wide. Inflorescence 2–11 cm. long; racemes 0.5–2.5 cm. long, their rhachis hirsute, the spikelets contiguous. Spikelets lanceolate, 2.5–3.5 mm. long, pubescent, often with a transverse band of hairs across the middle of the lower lemma, rarely glabrous; glumes with a scaberulous awn, that of the lower 2.5–20 mm. long, the upper shorter.
Range
DISTR. K7; T1, 4–8; P throughout tropical Africa; also tropical America and Asia
Altitude range
0–2100 m.
Distribution
KENYA Kwale District Jadini Beach, 26 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3998!KENYA Kilifi District S. of Malindi, Silversands road, 28 July 1958, Hacker 5! & Gede Forest, 26 Oct. 1958, Bogdan 4716!TANZANIA Iringa District Lukose R., May 1966, Procter 3341! & Nyamakuyu Rapids, 6 Apr. 1970, Greenway & Kanuri 14277!TANZANIA Songea District Rovuma R. 48 km. W. of Songea, 10 Apr. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9561!TANZANIA Pemba I., June-July 1928, Vaughan 205

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